Lok Sabha

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

LS passes bill to set up unified regulator for IFSCs

7:28 pm December 11, 2019

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to set up a unified authority for regulating all financial services in international financial services centres (IFSCs) in the country. The first IFSC in India was set up at Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. “The bill has two things one we […]

Assam turns into battleground amid anti-CAB protests

6:30 pm December 11, 2019

Guwahati: Tens of thousands of protesters against CAB descended on the streets of Assam on Wednesday, clashing with police and plunging the state into chaos of a magnitude unseen since the violent 6-year movement by students that ended with the signing of the Assam accord. Though no party or student body has called a shutdown, […]

Slew of protests against Citizenship Bill in Delhi

11:26 pm December 10, 2019

New Delhi: The national capital witnessed protest demonstrations by political parties, students’ bodies and civil society groups over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on Tuesday. The Northeast Students’ Union is staging a protest against the bill at Jantar Mantar. People from various walks of life and across organisations have joined the stir. The CPI(M)’s Delhi […]

LS passes bill to extend SC-ST quota in legislatures

8:41 pm December 10, 2019

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Constitution amendment bill to extend reservation to SCs and STs in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by another ten years, with Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asserting that the quota in legislatures was required to build a new political leadership of the two communities. The bill was […]

Internet-dependent commercial activities hit in Assam

Anti-CAB bandh: Agitators set market on fire in Tripura

3:09 pm December 10, 2019

Agartala: Agitators participating in a bandh called by NESO against the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha set a market, where shops were owned mostly by non-tribals, on fire in Tripura’s Dhalai district on Tuesday, police said. However, no one was injured in the incident and the blaze at Manughat market […]